THE MAIL . . . 'is a convex lens, .which forces the gaze of many readers upon the advertiser's ,plaoe -of busi- .ness. Willjou THIS OFFICE ... . is a "central" station, and has telephonic connections- with . thousands who patronize those who advertise. Will jot . . . . RING US UP. TRY IT. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1894. VOL. VI. NO. 43. JoT If Mwww SOCIETIES OF KEDFOBJJ. Kntgkts ot ttie Maeeaeees. Triumph Tent 14, meet in regular review on M and th Thursdays of each monthiln A. . U. w . Ball at 7:30 p. m. Visttingir Knights cordial- tj invited to attend. . Luther CFomasB, Commander. J. west Lawton, b. K. Jl.OlV. W. Loaxe Ko.,meets every arst and third Wednesday in the month at 8 p. m. in their haU in the opera block. Visiting tirotoers invited to attend. jACOBS M Sbo. F. MkbrskAn, Recorder. W. K. C Chester A. Arthur Corps No. 24. meets second -.and fourth Wday ach month at o'clock p. m.,-atC A. K. haU, In Odd Fe lows buHding. o, ilRS. 31 Aar E. Uivrs, Pres. Miss Ida KKnnE.. Sec K. of P. Talisman lodge No. 31, meets M ra day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al miss welcome. GBO. F. Mkhrihan, C. C. A. A. ScLkod, K. of S.:andS. r i X t Sl mflflU liQ "O. O. f . hall everv' Saturday at at 8 p. m. VUiting rotherslwajs weliome. N Q 2. If AST. Hec See. X.Q.O. p. Rogue River Encampment. Ledge Do. SO. meets In I, O. O, . F. hall the second and Zourtti Wednesdays of each month at s p. m. 1. W MIBdSUni .CP. mi vv.i. t rutin. Kn as. meets in J. O. O. F. luCl Sir :and third Tuesdays of each month. Visiting sisters Invited to aneaa. MBS. JOSIK SIHMOSS, N.. 3iiss JlcrBTijB Woodford, Rec Sec. iv if .Meets first Friday on or be- eve-moon - - ; r. V. LiynsCflttT, Sec. Sec A Arthur .Poet 316. 47. meets in G. A. . hall every second and Sourth MdJneaoh-nontntug J.W. Mn.nn.Aait. I. G. G T. Meets Tuesday olgtre at 7 p. m. at A- Q. U. W hall. - E. A. Johnson, C, T JohS Scboxt, Rec, Sec W. C T.JTJ.. Meets every Wednesday after- ln thefiaiiey tuacR. MRS. ADBIS A3 A J iitr, x Mrs. Rose SwSroot, Sec v-- ihimw, Tj.rwltntr circle Tuesday even ftn.ar ruh week, ander the auspices of the lEpwox&i League. F. A. & I. U. I. L. Polk lodge "c 265, meets Teryrsatnrdayatsp.m. jgp -CHVBCHES OF JCEDFOB9. -' Saint Marks Episcopal Sunday School meets art Episcopal Church every Sunday afternoon at a o'clock. T.N. Wilson. Boo lor-; S. S. Pentz, Snperial indent. iidtiiiwiM iTnisimtl thnrr.h !. S. Craven, nastor. iecvioes enery Sunday morning and evening at usual hours lor enurcn services. J?pworthLeaoue .meets at 8:30 p. m . Sunday. Sunday school .at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting Thnrsdav evening. Pastor's residence on C axteet. one block South of Mail office. Presbyterian Church Rev. A. S. Foster, pas nr tT&j.iiinff at 12 -jn..aiid?i30p. m. ftjuri. mar school.at 10 a. m. X. P. 6. C. ii, W5 p. m. nlw VrlMXM RMWtT At 3 D- 111- SUIlUaV. Cwsex ,nv.'"g An Wednesday evening at 3 skiisok iBBriat,nmnth Rex. T. MerlCT wiE nreactaJin AnojmddliBa atmday and Jttv- . us on Mail ami JoozUi aitnrtnys at ach nimith, Ettacfaoqg at m a m. .-ana p Wi i n. Mrtinr Vredneadisv jbx tec IS A. an. JnnifT Sand SK3.2LOH. tanhnaiat J,piBcirofll tChnreh Sontt Beic. vc. K. Kentvon 'nasuc. emt:ees leraeic iQrst and tfurth undajM n -each monin KIECHGESSSEK, TtTVS.T-T A AKX SCBGEG3K, B ledford, Qiegon. aasOee-Pilpps" Block, Cor C and Seventh sU. EANCIS FITCH, .ajTTOKSEY AT LA, Medlnrd, Ore. OTul practice in all conns of state orD.S y&I. L VAWTER, iETOBNEy AT LAW, O SeeHank Bonding. Medford, Or m H. WHITMAN, ABSTRACTOR AND ATTSELSEY AT LAW. Office in hark bofldine, Medford. Or Have the most complete and reliable abstracts Xif title in rtcrwa coapiy. EBSTER & HAMMOND, jLlonel B. Webster. Anstin S. Hammond ATTORNEYS AT LAW, effice A.Q. O. F. building, Medford, Or jj B. PICEEL, PHY6ICIAJT AKO etJRGEOK, Medford.Or OSes: Raom-S; Opera Block. J. B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND 80EGEO3I, "Of&ce in Childers Block, Medlbrd, Or 2. P. GEARY, PHYSICIAN AMB SURGEON, Ofice Cor. C andSevenlh its.. Medford,Ar )E-0. F. DEMOEEST, RESIDENT DENTIST, JIakes a specialty of firwt -class work at reason i . aoir .races. .Qfltoe in Opera House, Medford.Or. iQDGEBS & HALL, IDENTI8T8. "HsveTTninently located in Medford for the practice at dentistry. From a continued prae- tllce of over M years, we are prepared to guaran ttee enttresattsiaation. (rivcua a call. Over 8 lovers drug store. IDFBilAIETS eoBRECTEDvzar Wednesday. Wheat. No. 1. per bushel, 45 eta Oats, " " ) Barley " 40 .Corn, - 40 FPotatoes. " '" 34111 Feed, Bran and Bhorts, per ton, (16.00 iriav. haled, (8.00; loose, ff.W . I Oak, per cord. aw 3.U0 Flour, wholesale, per barrel, 3jOO Flour, retail, per sock, SO.cts jButter, -per roll. twooundi,) 60 " Eggs, per dozen, 15 (Onions, per pound, 1 " Apples, Pr cox, one Dusneu Bcon and Ham per lb, (Bhonlder , per lb, Veans 10 08 tLard V4NMT .' 10 There Rtte Points Of Superiority passed by Bridge Beach Stoves which make them tb.e best in- the market. We will, be pleaded to explain .all of the particulars when you call and see the new line of cook stoves $.nd heaters just received, with stove boards to match. We will also thing you may want in the. line of general hardware, guns and ammunition. J. BEEK Medford, TAYLER THE Can be found next door to Ladies' Stylish Button Boots, Latest styles in Oxford Date" men's shoes, also Resisting" school Shoes. Custom Work and Repairing promptly attended to. eJ. R. WILSON, mm BLACKSMITH TVagons and Bugpries 3Iade. to Order AH Wrk ITrxaitted Krfit Class. Medford, - - - JUST OPEJ4EDI 1 Em lis si Sajil! - GBOCE1 RIES, FEEE DELTVEBT. In the McAndrewsBnildingon Seventh street- 0 ar stock of Cigars and Tobacco 16 complete. Gi ve us -call. S. C. WILSON, Bedford, Oregon. J. W. Ijawton, DEALER IX - HARNESS AND Order Work Given REPAIRING IS RIGHT IN MY LINE. Hand-made and Campbell lock stitek SEVENTH STREET, - o JflCKSOHViLLE J. C. WHIPP, Propr. Does General Contracting in all Lines of ----- GRANITE AND Jacksonville, ooooo o o o o o Gargets, hp. I. A. WEBB, JlllfllllllllMlflfllMIIHIMIIHMIIIIHMIMIIIIKIMIIk llJNDERTAKING ,,, flMIIIIII IIIIIMIH IMIMIHIIIHIIMMIIIIflMIMf: Prescriptions - Main Street, Carefallv w. I. VAWTER, Pres. Wm. SLINOB.R, Vice Pres. Jackson County Bank. CAPITAL, - $50,000 Loan money on approved security, .and transact a general banking buatariess on the most favorable terras. Bfc-Your iiuaai.ess Solicited. Ooespond bnts: Ladd & Bush, Salem. Anglo-Catt JUdd.fc Tilton, Portland. .4 0,i be pleased to- .sell you any & S ON, -:- Oregon. FOOT FiTTERX oot and Shoe Hospital Wilkinson's JIea.t Market. and Southern txes Heavy "Up to full stock of children's "Wear cn I I I ! I I m mm shoer. '-or. C and Eight streets - - - Oregon. tti Faurj RIG OF THE BIO CAJDDLERY. Special Attention. machine - made harness always on hand. - MEDFORD, OREGON. RIRRBLE MARBLE WORK. mm CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY - Oregon. jiuiiiuiitiimniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiuiiik FURNITURE. o o VlimtHlll ItllltlltllltlllllllMIMMItllllHMIlltllMr BslriosratOES, snauss, Mmi MEDE'ORD.- Picture Frail ln(t a Specialty. THE MORTAR DLIG STORE, fi. H. HASKINS, Prop'r. Ha wimim in tmc unc or Pure D.tign, Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, PAINTS no OILS, Tobaccoes, CljTars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles and r.veryir.ing mat is curriea in u nrsi class DRL'G STORE. Compounded. Medford Oregon. J. E. ENYART. Cashier Medford, Oregon r ceive deposits subject to check forma Ban:, San Francisco. Corbin Banking Ca, N. HAMILTON & PALM, the'leadinjr real estate agents of Medford, are still slicing off the to suit their customers. A 1 . bottom land for $30 per acre. Good IMPROVED FARMS for from $15 to $25 per aero, bave a fine list of farm and City Property at your own price and on We your own torms. Write to us for in- lormation, HAMILTON & PALM, FLOUR fltiO FEED STORE. At the old stand on Seventh Street. Favour wheat, o OATS AND BARLEY, Whole or chopped. Corn. Potatoes and Beans, ALSO BALED HAY . FCB SALE J Cash paid for Eggs, or taken In exchange. J. R. ERFORD, Proprietor. Medford, Oregon. GEO. F. MERRIMAN, BLRCKSmiTHlKB. mimiiiiimmnittHiiiHHiiiitiMtiMimnnMiiuiHuH HORSE SHOEING AUD llltllllllllllltllllllllllllllUUItlltllltlllllll MllltMt WHBOH-HIHKIHS. Seventh Street, Medford, Oregon OYSTERS, s CANDIES, XUTS OF ALL KIXDS, Cigars M ToDaccoes AT 1 M0C.NCE & St'HEBMESHORN, Medford, - Oregon Flour anil Feei Store C Street. Opposite Racket Store. Medford, - Oregon. FLOUR. WHEAT, BAR LEV, WHOLE OR ROLLED OATS, BEANS, CORN AND Baled Har. Vegetables of kinds. A. M. Woodford, Pianos ai Organs. Prof. P.J. HEAD ban r?cnmJ the cluslv- iMcrncy for Jnckwo rounir- for thp Wthy U Allen Company, of Port land. The lnirument whtcn Uiiftcom- fimny handle tare guaranteed ftrsl clas n t-Tt-rv respect, Mr. lieu al;o rIvm fnM ructions In music, and rxrpatrs and tunes botn Or jraus and liana. Tbe Dei ot rv tore nee a furnl&beU. o - 41 Medford. Oregon. JrUMIIItllllllllltUNHlllltlliaUHUlltlMtlllllllk J. B. Cann's Rheumatic Cure. The Rheumatic Cure cures i Headache, Toothache. Neu- ral);ia and Catarrh. If cure z is not effected the medicine i will cost you nothing. Directions To be rubbed ; on diseased parts at least lo i minutes with the baud. i W. ANDERSON, Agent, MEDFORD, - . OREGON. niMMIIIIIIIIMHIItlllMIMIMimilirMHIMMIMHIIIIMmr Perry Ellis, PROSPECT, OREGON. Photographs of Pleasure and Out ing Parties a epeciiilty. . . . rirVlews of Crater Lake, Rrnrue River Falls arid all other points of Interest In Ihla locality lurnlMneu upon appllcailon ul reosona Die terms Earll GMs UUUlUUlinillML : no ; ;-r r-r y -y t-: I MAN 'j i.r-ir.A-:rm-..l - -ms- -k -J Has errer been known to have tbo Cholera who bad his unliving and huir cutting done ut THE PALACE. CLEANLINESS I S A COMPANION TO GODLINESS! Our baths ure two bits each. Sevonlli street, Medford. Oregon. THE PALACE. The Variety Store Is the place to get Furniture, Glassware Stoves, Guns, and Crockery South of the Clarendon.- YJ BEDFORD OREGON, Oiiiiil Goods mm NEWS OF THE WORLD. THE GIST OF THE WEEK'S HAPPEN INGS A3 TOLD BY TELEGRAPH. Xntarosttns Items From Kurope, Asia AlWca aad North and South America, With Particular Attention to Impor tant Mome News, j Missouri Presbyterians are active in tbe campaign against the liquor traffic. ' The Colitna. volcano is in eruption. Adolph Kraus has bought th&Chicago ; Times. I Chile has refused China's offer to par- ehase six warships. The Berlin municipal council refuses to limit a day's work to eight hours. The executive board of the Western I and Southwestern railroad lines have ' entered into an agreement to abolish all passes after Jan. 1 next passes The missing doctor, A. K. CoakKn of : Caeso polls, Mich., has retnrned to his home and tells a gnuay story of having been kidnaped by masked burglars and carted about the country. I The federal grand Jvrrat Chicago has retnrned an omnibus indict meet against Debs and the other officers of the Amer ican Railway Union, and a large mi la bor of parties charged with participav tion in obstructing the mails on different roads last rammer. In all 6 persons . are included ba the blanket indictment. ! Two boys from Nevada dock driving a wild steer through Martinez, Cal., recently, when the animal became mad and started for every person it met. O. Weiss was the first to come in eoo- 4 -- ,u 1. 1 1 1 w- . i . - , . ' v; 1 pnttmg a wheelbarrow tn front of ban- j seif. Tbe steer oirtinned on its wild chase until it met a China mail, whom it gored under the arm. one horn penetrat ing the man's right hmg. Tbe steer car ried the Chinaman on its horns for carer a hundred feet. The Chinaman wiQ probably die. Seven of his ribs were broken and he bled terribly. The ani mal continued on its run until it reached the east end of town and was shot down. At Rockport. lid., on a recent morn- ' ing Biert Burr shot and instantlv killed Arthur WUHamson. Burr saluted . Wniiamson on tbe street, saving he' wanted to speak to him. While con- versing Burr drew a revolver and shot Williamson in the head, the wound eandns- instant death. Winiamson had said that Burr had visited his homedur- fatg his absence. Both were young men. There is great excitement about the jail where tAirr is confined, and threats of mob violence are heard. 1 Father Gey of St Peter s Catholic the northern part of California, opened James and George Lrpp, aged 19 and chnrci' Chicago, ended mass the other j kis report in the Presbvterian svnod of 17 years respectivelv. were terribly tnuti- I dn-T abruptly leaving the altar, and j California at Los Angeles by referring la ted bv the explosion of a box of giant "Sb robed in his sacred vestments he to the financial condition of the conn m.J. ...v. wkih r.A ' collared a bold thief ia the main aisle. 1 trr. laving the blame nnon tie mer- roadside at the mines near Mokelnmne Hill. Cal It is thought that a cigarette spark fell among the caps while they were examining them. Hosea L. Si one and Virgin Moon. young farmers near Waco, Tex., at tended a country dance the other night and became involved in a dispute. Moon accused Stone of misrepresenting him to a young woman to whom both were paying attentions. The men withdrew to a lane and engaged ia a duel with knives. Moon was cut and stabbed sev eral times and died shortly afterward. Stone, badly wounded, made his escape. James Anthony Fronde, the English historian, died at London a few days ago. He was born ia Dorrington, Devon shire, April S3, 181. He was a graduate of Oxford and ordained a deacon of the Church of England in 1S44. For a time he was connected with the high church party, and was the author of quite a number of books prior to ISM. when the first two volumes of his hixtory of En-gland, "From the Fall of VToolsey t.fthe Defeat of tbe Spanish Armada.' ap peared. The balance of his histories appeared from time to time until 1470, when the last volume appeared. In 169 he became rector of the University of Si. Andrews and in ISTt) he visited the United States and delivered a series of lectures on the relations between Eng land and Ireland. After 1ST1 he pub lished several interesting books, includ ing "The Life of Thc-inas Carlyie," and one of Lord Beaconsneld. Mrs. Eliaa Carson, aged over TO, of Chicago, has a mania tor crossing the ocean, some years ago sue inherited 1110,000 and shortly after, her hubond died. She then began living on Atlantic steamers. She has crossed the ocean 120 times and has spent about $$0,000 on these trips. The old lady freirnently crosses and recrosses the briny deep without leat-ing 'the steamer. Her son-in-law at Chicago recently endesvorcd to have guardian appointed for her. ! claiming she was of unsound mind and that her money would soon be all gone, Mrs. Carson has about $30,000 left of her fortune. As soon as the insanity case was dismissed at Chicago she started on another trip across the At lantic. Tbe annual meeting of the Pullman Car company was held at Chicago tbe other day. Tbe total revenue for the year was (9,695.06 and expenditures 17.274. 6"H), leaving a surplus of $2,320, 410. Of the disbursements 1,880,000 was paid out in dividends on the capital stock. Tha statement shows that no profit was made at the Pullman shops during tte year. Tbe revenue is made np of er -flings, patents and dividends, interest, etc Total assets are put at 102,043.008. The number of passengers carried during the year was 8,282,823, and tbe number of miles ruu was 10?, 408,508. During tbe previous year 5,- 673,129 passengers were carried and K06,47.7.O0 miles were run. The year just ended shows a decrease of about 7 per c.Rut in the number of assengers carried and of about 4 per cent in the number of miles run. The value of the I manufactured product of tbe car works was $4,347,817, and of industries, in cluding rentals, $578,014, making a total of $4,925,331, against $13,414,703 for the previous year. The wages paid amounted to $4,068,543, against $7,751,644 for the preceding year. Cure For Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache, Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a nermuuent cure and tbe roost dreaded baMtual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urgre all who are afflicted- to pro cure a bottle, and (jive this remedy a fair trial. In oases of habitual oonsti- pation Electric Bitters cures by giving thn needed tone to tne ooweia, auu lew cases long resist the use ot this medi cine. Tryltoncd. Large bottles only Fifty cents at G. H . Haskina' Drug Store. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. TIelonaAeU of Lawbreakers and I naaav by Fire and Accidents. Frank Khnmnnlra,. n Rnniin lnnoMff hanged himself with a towel at Stock ton. Mrs. Jessie Coaghill has been arrested at Fresno for abandoning her six-months-old baby. Fifteen high-priced horses were burned to death at Monticello, la., recently. Eristian Kortgard, a bank president, has been eonvicted at Minneapolis oX the larceny of f 13,000. At a bull fight in Pnebla. Mexico, one of tbe bulls jumped among the specta tors, wounding eight persona. Anton Pfeffer of St. Cloud, Minn., tbe (hoe mail, was robbed of $2,4UO by a bold daylight robbery. William C Lippard, one of the boodle members of the Detroit school board. nas 8eiltence1 to fire ta tlJ, w.wm .V. 1. J . Will T. Martin, a Clark county (Miss.) farmer, killed his child because it cried too much. He is now hiding in a swamp and a mob is waiting to lynch him. An express package containing $3,000 in gold was opened somewhere betweeu Cheyenne and Ogden, on the Union Pa cific road, about two weeks ago. A Pacific Express messenger is now ins pected and is under surveillance at Ogden. Perry Benl, s well-known placer miner, was shot by a highwayman near Butte. Mont. Beol and his wife were taking $2,500 in gold dnst to town. Mrs. Beal whipped up the horse and escaped robbery. Thomas Blanck. the murderer of bar- keeper Charles H. Bridwell . r: . of Seattle and Marshal Jeffries of Puyallup, has been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death at Seattle. Blanck has made several desperate at tempts to escape since his arrest. J. H. McFarland, ex-sheriff of Walla Walla countv. Wash., and traveling ' agent for Brawn Bros., nurserymen, has oeen arrestea on a warrant rrom ron- j . .. . f"; . arland says the charge , no fonn,Wlon and B Pmpted hy i P801"11 snance. At CLathm- nt-' Jvelon Huff, a T.onn lnau,n convicted ot an assault on j you"S whito P and recenUy sen- i ' imiu s impnsonmeur, wn i 13 laa io issues at tne enu oi tne nrw iwoiti,nf w hM Th.n.rt. treeks r " imprisonment, received ' ' snipping m the court house yard on a , Tr1" u-6ut- iu pnsoaer crau must. j P"-"""- ; thief- George Adams, an ex-convict pretending to be a worshiper, had sud denly grabbed the pocketbook of Mrs. lie is, aged 76, and was making his es cape. Adams was locked up. E. L. Titus and Miss Marv Duff were found dead in a bathhouse at Sea Cliff, L. L. tbe other day. Miss Duff died from the effects of chloroform and Titus shot himself. It is thought Titus at tempted to alleviate a severe headache fTTt? "f "d that be administered too much of the anesthetic causing ber death. He then shot himself. The young couple were engaged to be married and were greatly devoted to each other. A suicide theory is not credited because they were wealthy and had no cares or troubles. F. C Warren, a young civil engineer of Cheno, Mexico, has arrived at Irapo ato more dead than alive rrom a jour ney across tbe Sierra Madre mountains. He started six months ago from the city of Oaxaca and crossed tbe mountains to the port of Salina Cms. He then pro ceeded along tbe coast of Colima, where he fell in with two Americans named James West and George Crenshaw.botbi of Philadelphia, who were making a pleasure tour of Mexico. They proposed an overland trip across the mountains to the City of Mexico. -About 10 days ago they were passing through a mount ain gorge in the vicinity of Los Colchos, about 90 miles from Irapuuto, when the rain began to pour down in torrents. Mr. Wanvn was riding in advance of his companions, when without warning a terriliJe landslide occurred. West and Crenshaw were caught and crushed to death and Mr. Warren narrowly escaped. Viscount Drumlaney, eldest son of the Marquis of Qneensherry, was accident ally shot in the head recently while shooting over the coveys of Quail tock Lodge, Bridgewater.Somersetshire.Eng land, the residence of Edward J. Stan ley, a member cf tbe house of commons. The viscount's grandfather met his death by the accidental discharge of his own gun at Einmount in 1S38. A for mer visconut was killed by tbe acci dental discharge of his own pistol in 1743. This accident changed the succes sion to the title with the result that the Dukes of Buceleuch became the Dukes of Buceleuch and Queensberry. The Duke of Bnceleuch's eldest son. Lord Dalkeith, was accidentally killed while deer-stalking in 1886. Viscount Druni Luiey's uncle. Lord Francis Douglass, was also killed by a fall from the Mat terborn in 1865. Viscount Drumlaney dropped in tbe rear of the party. A shot was heard, bnt no notice was taken. Later, as he failed to join the party, the others went in search and found him ly ing against a hedge with his head terri bly injured. He died before the doctors could arrive. A gas well digger near Muncie, Ind., got down 120 feet when his drill sud denly dropped as if in a bottomless pit. Subsequently soundings showed that 10,000 feet of rope was not long enough to reach tbe bottom. In Tarrytown, N. Y., the memory of revolutionary heroes was honored by the nnveiling of a handsome monument on Oct. 10 to the memory of 70 soldiers from Tarrytown who fought in the war for independence. The day was tbe USth knniversary of tbe surrender of Lord Cornwallisat Yorktown, I am now prepart-d to roll barley and griud grain ot all kiuds. I make (jraham flour and corn meal. Will grind on the last throe days of each week. E. Russ, at Medford nursery. The Mali, will take wood on sul soription. We will give a year's subscription for a tier of good wood. Don't brine more thivn one tier unless I you ant to apply it all on subscrip- tion. We have no ready money to put j into a wood yard. - Legal Blanks for fr&la at this office PACIFIC COAST ITEMS. NEWS NUGGETS PICKED UP OF THE SIERRAS. WEST Searching far a lst Ship Jadge Baas Decide, an Important Caaa laanraasa Companies Made to. Far Or.g lav. la Danger wi aflakarmeat. Testimony iu toe Worden case at Woodland is being taken. The discharged Company G- of the National Guard of Washington held a meeting at Spokdue and decided to conr test the governor order of discharge. E. A. Gilbert, postmaster and tele graph, operator at Dungeness, attempted suicioe at Port Townsend by cutting his throat with a mor. A mortgage ul $750,000 given by the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph com pany on its in California and Washington has been zeeorded in 22 counties in the twe states. A three-Lap yint bteyela track is to be built at SeuAsse-. Mb expense win be spared to make it the lastest bicycle track in the world. Mrs. John feMbary of San Beraaxdino doctored he cniokas at night with coal oil to destroy vermin. She had a tallow candle Uu ugnt. One of the bens got too close to the flame and caught fire. Seven others were soon ablaze and run ning. All tne blazing hens ran to the haystace- ml set that afire. The vermin was kuied. S. J. - Matthews, formerly bosineas mauutgor of the Ukiah Republican Press, wiwt was arrested some time since for an assault committed on A. L. Pounstone, has been sentenced to pay a fine of $190. uepnty Internal Keren ue Collector Griffin has seized the distillery and plant at the Land vineyard, five miles east of Fresno, for illicit distilling. The illicit brandy was frmnA jijmi nnder tbe vines. The captain of tbe revenue cutter firnnf nc.- af Tamma wIia Viava Viniari cruising for wreckage of the bark Ivan- hoe, says he does not bebev it is lost He thinks the Ivanhoe has been driven out to se. The treasury department has ordered the cutters Corwin and Grant to search for the Ivanhoe. Dr. A. F. Srhiffman has been granted Angeles a divorce from his wife, r xxauiri iLae nminrnmn. ma utn ri Katherine to the suit are well known not only in Angeles but throughout the Kurth- we8t Xhey are from St PaaL Rev. J. g. McDonald, missionary for cenary character of our lawmakers and statesmen. An indignation meeting was held at the Y. M. C A. hall at San Jose bv members ot the alumni and friends of the college protesting against changing the name of the University of the Pa- cine to the "San Francisco UmreraUv. Resolutions were adopted in which the trustees are petitioned to reconsider their action. It was intimated that un less they do the courts will be ap pealed to. An interstate whist tonmanarnt is be ing held at Tacoma. Otto Zeigler. the San Jose bicvclist. xaade a world's record at Sacramento bst week. His mile was. covered in 1:53. The next day Johnson lowered this tine at Walt ham, Mass. Zeigler has gone to Los Angeles to try for more-records. Frank Detain, president of the Port land Savings bank, died recently. W. H. Boehler, a member of tbe board of education of Los Angeles, who was found guilty of unlawfully detain ing a girl named MoCurday in the rear of his drug store, was sentenced bv Judge Austin to pay a fine of $500 or be confined in jail for 500 days in default of payment. Judge Ross in the United States cir cuit court at Los Angeles decided the application of the Postal Telegraph Cable company to be accorded facilities by the receivers of the Atlantic and Pa cific Railway company for constructing its telegraph line along that road favor ably to the petitioners. In deciding the matter Judge Ross filed quite an elabor ate opinion, in which he holds that the contract of the Western Union Tele graph company with the railroad. for exclusive privileges is not valid. The ruling of the court upon the questions raised is regarded as one of more than usual importance. Attorneys sav he has covered the points more fully than baa occurred in any previous decision. The test case of J. Dt Snyder of Los Alamos, CaL, against the Central Amer ican Insurance company, after 21 days' trial at Santa Barbara, ts ended. The jury was ont just eight minutes and brought in a verdict for Snyder. He was accused of setting fire to his hotel to secure the insurance. He was tried and found not guilty. For two years tbe companies refused to pay. The ease was hotly contested. Insurance amounts to $12,000. Tbe other companies inter ested are the German-American Insur ance company. Patriotic Insurance com pany of Ireland, Imperial of England, Northwest Insurance company of Mil waukee and the San of California. Tbe grievance committee of tbe Ore- gen Bar association has filed a protest in tbe supreme court for the disbarment of O. T. Mason, U. S. G. Marquam and & C Thompson, attorneys of Portland. The committee charges that Mason was iadkted by the grand jury for libel com mitted bv publishing scandalous articles j in a Sunday paper, and also that he at- tempted to extort money from Major General O. O. Howard. The cbargw against Marquam are that he fraudu lently appropriated $600 while acting aa ! ITWltOl UIO lvlSW 1 OUUlgltF Mill company. Thompson- is charged, wiui iran a auu corruption ana violation of the rules of comraen decency in form- . Chinese linn of Portland. A Specific for Croup. "I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a specific for croup. It is very pleasant to take, which is one of the most importaut requisites where a cough remedy is intended for use among children I "have known, of cases of croup where I know the life of a little rnA mth Bivnr bv the use of Chamber lain's Couch Remedy," J. J. La Graage. druggist, Avoca, Neb. 50 cent bottles for sale oy ueo. tt. aasaios. Dr Price' Cream Baking Powder WrU'sFalrlUtjmvstMs4aiaad0tr4onm. . Kate War Kewa. Dispatehesto the London Times j Tien-Tsin say that the Pel Yang squad ron has been aula to leave the dock com pletely refitted with magazines filled and otherwise fitted for active service. An imperial edict has been published at Peking assuming for the Koverasoent fall responsibility far the protection of tne foreign residents, and pnwshiac cer tain culprits who have taken fit in the- recent assaults on traveler. The edict assures strangers that their persons and property will be protected, and its word ing especially favors the missionaries. The whole tone of the edict Is highly latistactoty. The Chinese oei lures for peace, hav ing been rejected without a hearing, the war now enters oa a chronic stags, de manding Sppeal to the latent forces of the empire. The latter are described as being quite great, bes it is added that they require time in order to argsniss- tbem. The Chinese government is nt paved- though reluctant to do so, to engage is protracted eanfiiet. The party i yvwKi iwuoguizes the urgency of radical military and fiscal reforms. The ques tion is as to how long the natural cohe sion will bear the strain ef a great war. The danger is, the correspondent adds, that a revolution, may be tallowed by prolonged anarchy. The Japanese legisJarare has convened in extraordinary session, in response to a call cy the Bills f,Tr' the government te harrow 100,000,00V ' yen were passed. . Great Britain has and tialnw to the European pewera to asgotists between China and Japan. The vention is purely diplomatic soad is of fered to beth. eimibaiaaaiatte friend liest manner. Chinese troons are beinz massed at Tien-Tauk. By the end of the month, " WOjm soldiers will have arrived. WASHINGTON NOTES. Iaterestla-g Item Picked Oat fi tk XmUx PUpafa-h ; Letters from the civil service comnus- sion have been sent to federal 'employes throughout tne coon try imorming thata. that they need pay no atteatba to de-mandsfor-rampaign t,miniignta Politi cal assessments in. any guise are pro hibited bv law. Tbe sngmr trust official. Messrs. Havs- meyer and Sesries, were arraigned ba the criminal court of tbe district cf Columbia before Jndge Cola aad r'nsilst not guilty to the indictments mgrng$ them for refusing to answer the tions of the senat sngar gating committee. Tha were xaerelv formal. - Tbe Postoffice Museum he baa mally thrown open to the pnblic master-General Biseel has til pride in the museum and its success in every way ilMa his -power. The preparataom sf tUs mrMM has been under the diieutiosi of ftiisf Clerk Thomas of the rrtffflm depart ment. The museum rnrlniUs aB that was in the World's Fair, sad some ad ditional features. Theneetal carGrersr Cleveland is not. there, box there m a complete model of this postnfBce cat wheels. Tbe museom is in a large roost in tbe court of tbe Postoffice building. The late news from Honolulu of the abrupt check given by the Dole government to the negotiations by com missioners from England for special concessions far astation in the Hawaiian islands for- a projected cable between British Columbia and Australia has been received at Washington with great satisfation. because- of the positive at titude of the Hawaiian government in refusing, on account of prior exclusive treatv engagments with the United States, to make any- such grant as that requested by Great Britian. According to Commodore Chad wick. chief of tbe bureau of naval equipment, tbe coal bills of tbe navy are steadHy mcreasing, owing to the greater con sampticn of coal by the modern war vessels. The annual report of the bu reau shows there win be a deficiency of ' $30,000 in tbe appropriation for equip ment owing to the fact that $191,231 was expended for coal in the past year than in the year previous. There ware purchased at home 43,190 tons of coal, costing $S.16S, of which 9,505 tons were purchased oa the Pacific Coast at an average cost of $7-09 t?er ton, and S2.635 tons on tbe Atlantic Coast at a. cost of $3.84 a ton. There were spent abroad for coal $462,192, at aa average cost of $3. SS. The sale of the Pennsvlvania. Pough keepsie and Boston railroad, which was to have taken place at Trenton, N. J., has been postpocseii far a week. Frederick M. Steele, a Mont Clair (X. J.) geologist, while prospecting for ame thyst crystals in the Montclair mount ains recently unearthed a box 18 by 5 inches bound with steel bands. The box was easily opened with a spade and was found to contain gold nuggeta which, had been melted and a broken letter' crumbling with age was found in the box. This letter was written by Israel Van Gelson, who disappeared from West Bloontfield, N. J in ISSi He subse quently died in California. The nug gets, as claimed in the letter, are worth about $15,000. Van Gelson had no heirs and tbe gold will be appropriated by th finder. . An international antt-gambBng- asso ciation has been incorporated under tbe laws of Blinois, with- headquarters at Chicago. The incorporators are Ed ward F. Goff, Rev. William Kirk and Thomas H. McCauley, all of whom have hitherto taken active parts in moral re forms. The board of managers includes Miss Fraaces Willard, Miss Ada C Sweet. W. J. Onahan, Dr. Sarah Hack- rtt Stevenson, Edward F. Goff and The organization is the out growth of the an it-gambling crusade ia Chicago, and the purpose is to enlist , , ,, iii.- , . wfc watimeot thtOBjrW Muutry against gambling. Bucklen's Armea Salve. The best salve in- tbe world fi.tr cots. bruises, sores, ulcers salt rheum, fever sores, tette?.cbapped hands, chilblains, eorsro, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively eures piles, or no pay required. Tt i guaranteed to give- perfcet satis Ibction or money refunded. Price 23 per box. For swle by G, ff. Haskins. For sale by G. H. Haskins, Medford Two bits for a shirt is pretty cheap, but so long as it is a good article worth twice thatfisrure you of course will want one, at MullerV corner grocery.